Director
Irene Margrethe Kaltenborn 

Producer

Irene Margrethe Kaltenborn

Co-producer

Margo Peegel

Cinematography
Margo Peegel, Irene Margrethe Kaltenborn

Production company

Vidåpne Øyne

With support from
Filmcentrum Syd, Swedish Arts Council, Arts Council Norway, Helge Ax:son Johnsons foundation, Inter Arts Center, FABRIKKEN for Kunst og Design

Logline

If our starting point was the bag and not the knife, the world would look like this. 

Synopsis
From the barren coastline of Finnmark to the deep forests of Finland, The Mother Age searches for clues to shed light on an ancient theory reaching back to the dawn of humanity. The filmmaker wants to challenge the idea that the knife was the first tool made by man, and embarks on a journey to find traces of the carrying bag. As she takes us between the edge of the forest and the forest itself, we meet people who transport us back in time in the hope of finding lost knowledge in soil and folklore that could turn history upside down.